The Panjshir Resistance may have folded up for now after its leaders, Amrullah Saleh and Ahmad Massoud have left Afghanistan, consistent with sources here. While Saleh is claimed to be in Tajikistan, Massoud is during a European country , believed to be France.
The leaders and their entourage were allowed to enter Tajikistan following talks between its President Emomali Rahmon and Pakistan PM Imran Khan on September 18 during which the previous dropped all notions of supporting the Panjshir resistance.
“The speedy elimination of the conflict and tensions within the Panjshir province by declaring a ceasefire and opening roads for providing humanitarian assistance is one among the foremost important tasks today,’’ said the Tajik President during a statement.
The upshot of the meeting was that Saleh was allowed to stay in Tajikistan. The Tajik President had also hoped that the interests of all political and ethnic groups in Afghanistan would be taken under consideration
. a couple of days later, the Taliban also selected a trader from the Panjshir Valley together of their Deputy Ministers within the caretaker Cabinet to signal its willingness to accommodate non-Pashtuns within the government.
Saleh courted unfavourable publicity after pro-Taliban social media handles showed the recovery of dollars and gold bricks purportedly from the residence of Saleh. a couple of days earlier, his elder brother Rohullah Saleh was intercepted and executed by the Taliban during its combing operations within the Panjshir Valley.
Sources said the withdrawal of leading members of the National Resistance Front (NRF) from the fray shows the unwillingness of the other country to supply a rear base for the Panjshir militants. The NRF also couldn’t achieve extending its resistance outside the confines of the Valley apart from a few of neighbouring districts with majority Tajik populations.
